Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James] Cross
Transcription
[Letterhead on paper:] Pen Sentinel Hotel, A. C. BLACK, Proprietor. Yo Semite Valley, April 25th, 1872Dear Cross, Your of March reached me this morning. I am heartily glad to hear from you. I wish you were here tonight. The snow is very deep on the mtns & a few warm days & nights have fed many a lungful stream wh are now gathered into the grand har- mony of the falls of Yosemite the great. They are rapidly increasing in power. I was up in the moonshine last Sunday to see the lunar bows. They are indescribably grand. Last December we had a fre[illegible] & all the old falls glowed & sang together with more than a hundred newborn ones children of the storm forming a congregation of blooming vocal waters excelling all water harmonies & fall & cascade jubilees in the world. I wrote an account of this winter flood wh was published in the April No of the Overland monthly. I wish I could procure you a copy but I suppose you may find it in London Also I have written a half dozen letters
& articles for the N York Tribune. but I have not yet seen them as we have been pretty closely blocaded by snow. Spring travel is just commencing. The meadows are green & patched with violets. The Manzanitas are in bloom [of?] purple bells I will enclose a few [flrs?] Maxwells address is University Club Edinburgh. Mt Hoffman is according to Whitney 10.872 ft above level of sea. Reilly will soon be here & I will attend to your pictures. I remember Cremer very well & am sorry that I did not see more of him. Please give him my regards when you next meet him. I should like to see those gray & reverend institutions of England, perhaps I may. I am building a cabin for my indepen- self in a clump of carnus bushes by the river bend but will be at "Blacks" this summer. I have left Lord Hutchings. I would like your comp in my walks, hitherto I have been alone. I hope to see your Lyndall this year Who is one of the very greatest of Englishmen, So is Huxley. The Scientific Association will meet at San Fran in Aug" this yr. I hope to see you again Farewell, Cordially yrs John Muir #7332 00211
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Apr 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [James] Cross, 1872 Apr 25." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1447.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1447
Resource Identifier
muir02_0787-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0787
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
